On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:14:30 +0100, Adam Lipscombe
<adam.lipscombe@qucs.co.uk> wrote:
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>Folks,
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>Subjective for sure, but I seek opinions on the best VOIP supplier.
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>I currently have 2 landlines:
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>1 business line with BT business MAX ADSL on it for my home office.
>1 residential line for the house. The residential line has a 2nd number (call sign) for the kids.
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>I would like to ditch the residential line and run a VOIP house phone over the business line.
>Ideally there should be 2 numbers, 1 for me and my better half, 1 for the kids.
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>Ideally I would like a fixed monthly cost, or cheap minute-by-minute billing. Not PAYG top-up.
>Reliability is important. The broadband connection seems pretty stable.
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>I looked at vonage but is seems you need special kit.[/color]
Locked kit. If you decide you don't want Vonage anymore you have a
piece of kit that is only works on Vonage - watch out for locked
devices.
If you are happy to have the same provider incoming/outgoing, for a
given line, you could use something as simple as a Linksys PAP2.
Strong advice: Do not buy one second hand and watch out for any that
are locked (to Vonage usually).
[url]www.broadbandstuff.co.uk[/url]
usually have good prices.

Alternatively, if you want to route your business line through to the
same set of handsets as your residential voip line (OR you wish to
have more flexibility in VSPs) then choose a linksys/Sipura SPA-3000 -
and use a separate ATA for the kids.

You could also look at the Fritzbox but I can't advise on that at all
because I don't have one.
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>Any recommendations?
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>TIA - Adam
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voip.co.uk
Residential: £2/month for inclusive off-peak calls (up to one
hour/call) and peak calls at 2p/call (up to one hour/call)
Reliable even if not so proficient at their billing. Geographical
number for your own city.
Remember that you don't have to use the same VSP for incoming and
outgoing.

If you want a provider with nice incoming services such as a good
voicemail, 1471, caller ID, call waiting etc. then look at
voipfone.co.uk




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